SOLUTION: Hello, My question is: A rectangle is three times as long as it is wide and has an area of 48 square units. What is the length in units of the rectangle? Thanks for your help

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Hi,

 A rectangle is three times as long as it is wide



          Note:  l = 3w

          

             w = 4  (throwing out the negative solution for unit measure

 w = 4 units   and w = 12 units   



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